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Bowe Bergdahl. The President in Europe. Tiananmen at 25. Migrant children.

Group of 7 leaders from front center right clockwise, U.S. President Barack Obama, French President Francois Hollande, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, European Council President Herman Van Rompuy, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and British Prime Minister David Cameron a G7 summit at the EU Council building in Brussels on Thursday, June 5, 2014. (AP)

They’re above the beach in Normandy today, remembering the 70th anniversary of the D-Day invasion. The president, European leaders, Vladimir Putin, World War II vets. Beyond the beach, it’s been a tough week for Western unity. Putin cut out at the G7 meeting. But France selling Russia a warship. Negative interest rates. At home, uproar over Bowe Bergdahl and the swap for Taliban commanders. A Tea Party surge in a key Republican primary in Mississippi. A big EPA climate push to rein in dirty power plants. This hour On Point: Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.-- Tom Ashbrook

The Atlantic: Thad Cochran, the Last of the Naive Republicans -- "Cochran didn't pose for any pictures during his brief sweep. As he made his way toward the exit, the senator held out his hand to me. I had met and interviewed him less than half an hour before. 'Hello, how are you doing?' he said with a kindly smile. 'I'm Thad Cochran.'"